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Freeze Warning 9, NWS Medford, OR

June 6, 2021Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California

NWS Medford, OR issued this freeze warning at Jun 6, 2021, 1:13 PM PDT for Klamath County, Lake County, Oregon; Modoc County, Siskiyou County, California. It took effect at Jun 7, 2021, 3:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2021, 1:13 PM PDT (20:13 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 7, 2021, 3:00 AM PDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2021, 8:00 AM PDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Medford, OR

Counties Modoc County, CA, Siskiyou County, CA, Klamath County, OR, Lake County, OR

The radar

The Medford radar (KMAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Medford/Jackson, OR (KMFR), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 123 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2021-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Medford/Jackson, OR at 12:00Z on 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

786 
WWUS76 KMFR 062013
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
113 PM PDT Sun Jun 6 2021

CAZ084-ORZ029>031-071500-
/O.UPG.KMFR.FZ.A.0005.210607T1000Z-210607T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KMFR.FZ.W.0009.210607T1000Z-210607T1500Z/
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-Klamath Basin-
Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County-
Central and Eastern Lake County-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Beatty, Bly, 
and Sprague River
113 PM PDT Sun Jun 6 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM PDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Low temperatures of 27 to 32 degrees expected.

* WHERE...In California, Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc 
  Counties, including the cities of Tulelake and Newell. In 
  Oregon, Klamath Basin, Northern and Eastern Klamath County and 
  Western Lake County and Central and Eastern Lake County, 
  including outlying areas of Klamath Falls and Lakeview, and 
  also the cities of Sprague River, Beatty, Bly, Bonanza, 
  Merrill and Malin.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 AM PDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Freezing conditions could kill crops and other
  sensitive vegetation.

* View the hazard area in detail at 
  https://www.wrh.noaa.gov/map/?wfo=mfr

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford
1 follow-up statement
139 
WWUS76 KMFR 071455
NPWMFR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Medford OR
755 AM PDT Mon Jun 7 2021

CAZ084-ORZ029>031-071600-
/O.EXP.KMFR.FZ.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210607T1500Z/
Northeast Siskiyou and Northwest Modoc Counties-Klamath Basin-
Northern and Eastern Klamath County and Western Lake County-
Central and Eastern Lake County-
Including the cities of Newell, Tulelake, Beatty, Bly, 
and Sprague River
755 AM PDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM PDT THIS MORNING...

Temperatures are quickly rising across the area this morning. 

$$

Visit us at https://www.weather.gov/Medford

The office that day

Everything else NWS Medford, OR issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 5:51 PM PDTDust Storm AdvisoryMFRLake84 min
Jun 6, 1:30 PM PDTRed Flag WarningMFRHarney, Lake31 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Oregon, 2021Freeze Warnings in California, 2021Every freeze warning in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.